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The “Internet of Things” (IoT) – the network of devices interconnected with each other via the Internet and other networks – is constantly expanding. These connected devices include medical devices with connectivity capability which form the so-called “Internet of Medical Things”, or IoMT. Examples include everyday wearable activity trackers, hospital...

On 1 October, a new UK law – the Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Act 2017 – came into force that made significant changes to what you can and cannot say to anyone you suspect of infringing your UK intellectual property. Stripping away the legalese, at their core, the changes do three things:...

There has been much debate in recent years about the difficulty in attracting both private and public funds into the UK biotech industry.  At certain points, it seemed like a disproportionate percentage of the funding that was invested into UK biotech came from the US.  It is likely that there...

Patent trolls are a familiar part of the Intellectual Property landscape, although activity in Europe has historically been lower than in the US. With the anticipated arrival of the Unified Patents Court, a single court covering most of the EU market this was expected to change, but the UK’s General...

If your business is built on technology of any kind, being called out for infringing an existing patent held by another company could easily see your investment in research and development wasted. But while technology is central to most patent disputes, it’s not just technology companies that are at risk...